7 días de enero

This 1979 political drama is a reconstruction of the tragic events of January 1977 known as the Massacre of Atocha, when right-wing extremists stormed the offices of a group of employment lawyers with links to the Spanish Communist Party, leaving 5 dead and 4 gravely injured. The attack, carried out in the name of La Triple A (Anti-Communist Apostolic Alliance), was the most serious incident during the transición to democracy in Spain, a period of extreme socio-political agitation. The film aligns itself with the theory that there was a so-called “strategy of tension” intended to destabilise the fledgling democracy and provoke a coup d’état.

Film information

Translated title

Seven Days in January

Languages

Spanish

Subtitles

Full English

Duration

140 mins

Cast

Manuel Angel Egea

Madeleine Robinson

Virginia Mataix

Jacques François

Alberto Alonso

Country of origin

Spain

Year

1979

Format

35mm

This screening has no adverts or trailers and starts at the advertised time

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